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Grief services

Grief
is a normal response to any loss and affects the grieving
person physically, emotionally, and spiritually often
causing
the person to think and act in ways different from
their previous "normal" behavior. You
may have heard something to the effect of "just
give it time and you will eventually feel
better". Time is necessary to the healing
process, by it is only one aspect of effective
grieving. In addition to taking time, grief
requires intentional "work" by the bereaved
in order to achieve a healthy outcome from the
process. Similar to someone taking action to
seek medical help to set a broken leg so that it might
heal properly, the bereaved must take action to move
through grief.

The
mission of The Compassionate Friends is to
assist families toward the positive resolution
of grief following the death of a child of any
age and to provide information to help others be
supportive. Marble
Collegiate Church

3
West 29th Street (Near 5th Ave.)

New
York, NY 10001

Be
sure to contact the chapter through their web
site, or contact the national office, to confirm
the meeting time, day, and location.

Hospice
Care Network- Bereavement Centers

Large
selection of population specific groups

Queens:
718/939-2273

Nassau:
516/832-7100

900
Merchants Concourse

Westbury,
NY 11590

Suffolk:
631/666-6863

14 Shore
Lane

Bay
Shore, NY 11706

Hudson
Hospice, Inc

93 Clark
St., Jersey City, NY 07305

201.433.6225

General
bereavement groups

Cost:
Free

Cancer-Related
Bereavement

Cancer
Care for
family members who have cancer or whose loved
one had cancer

Cancer
care offers more than 50 support groups each
month, where people meet face-to-face, over the telephone, or
online to discuss problems, gain support, and
learn from other. Each of these groups isled

by
a professional oncology social worker from the
staff of Cancer Care.

Calvary
Hospital

1740
Eastchester Road Bronx,
NY 10461

Contact:
Eileen Pesek, Director of Bereavement Services

718/518-2125

Cost:
Free

Groups
are open to the community and run by
professional pastoral counselors.

Gilda’s
Club NYC http://www.gildasclubnyc.org/

195 West
Houston

Contact:
Anyone in the program department can be of
assistance 212/247-9700

Cost:
Free

Gildas’
Club offers general bereavement groups to anyone
whose loved one died of a cancer-related

illness.
The groups are held Monday-Thursday from
6:00-8:00. They are open general population groups and are
facilitated by a Certified Social Worker.
Currently there are two monthly groups for specific
populations: daughters without mothers, and
losing a spouse. Anyone interested should call
and find
out when the next orientation meeting for new
members is being held. The meeting must be attended before
joining a support group. Gilda’s Club will be
opening an additional site in Park Slope

Types
of Groups: loss of spouse, loss of an adult
child, adult loss of a parent, adult loss of a
sibling (or other important relationships). Ten
weeks for one and a half hours each. These
groups are held on

Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and are
closed. There are also drop-in general
bereavement groups held during the day.

General
and Population-Specific Bereavement Groups

New
York City Self-Help Center

212/586-5770

Clearinghouse
for all kinds of support groups

Telephone
counselors are available Mon - Friday,
11:00-2:00 to match people with the most
appropriate group. Self help bereavement
groups for all situations are available in all
boros. General Bereavement Group

Elizabeth
Santiago, CSW

212/870-5059

Call for
screening and information about next group

The
Wellness Program at Riverside Church

490
120th Street New
York, NY 10027

Cost:
None

Group
run by social worker

Archdiocese
of New York

Family
Life and Respect Life Office

Pastoral
Bereavement Program

212/371-1000,
x3187

Contact:
Mary King, CSW

In
every boro and most counties, non-denominational

Cost:
None

Groups
run by trained volunteers

General
Bereavement Group

Rita
Morgan, MS

427-9665

212/Upper
East side

Call for
screening and information about next group

Cost:
None

Group
run by professional grief counselor

Healthcare
Chaplaincy

307 E
60th Street, between 1st and 2nd

Contact
Peter Brown: 212/ 644-1111 ext.212

Cost:
None

Groups
run by professional grief counselors (maximum 8
members per group) (also run groups for adult
children, spouses, siblings)

Eric
Schneider is a Pastoral psychotherapist who
specializes in brief, short term therapy and has
a special
interest in group work.

Center
for Loss and Renewal

Contact:
Benyamin Cirlin, CSW

212.874.4711

168 W
86th St., #1D, NY

Individual
and group counseling available

Cost:
Call for info

The 92nd
Street YMCA

1350
Lexington Avenue

New
York, NY 10128

contact:
Patricia Henry 212/415-5653

Groups
for Widows/Widowers and for loss of parent

Cost:
$100.00 for six sessions

The
Bereavement Center of Tuckahoe

Contact:
Mindy Farkas

914.961.2818
x365

Cost:
call for info

See
Calvary Hospital

Bereavement
Services for Older People

AARP
Grief and

Loss
Programs

(New
York Service Program for Older People) Widowed
Person’s Service day and evening groups led by
trained widowed persons

Contact:
Barbara Danish, 721.6279 or 787.7120

302
W 91st New York, NY

Cost:
None

Next
step groups are for those who have been widowed
more than one year. Bereavement support
group for adults who have lost a partner or
spouse. There are day and evening groups
available. All groups are 8-10 sessions.
Under the direction of a qualified coordinator,
trained volunteers, who are widowed, provide
comfort, support, and understanding. They offer
support groups and personal one-to-one support
services.